Method of treating and utilizing chlorin gas.



E..c. PARAMORE.

Patented Ian. 29, l90l.

METHOD OF TREATING AND UTILIZING GHLOBIN GAS.

(Application filed Feb. 21, 1900. Renewed Sept. 26, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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SPECIFIGATIOH forming part oi its-liters :lPllfiGEtfi No. 867,099,detedl'smus'ry 29, 1901. Application filed February 21, 1900. Bauer/oilSeptember 28, 1900. Serial Flo. 31.1.33, No lspccimcnn.)

To all whom. .it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD {1. Per sh-toss, a. citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Phil: sdelphie, (Germantowm) in the county ofPhilsdelphiscnd State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and usefulimprovements in theArt of Treating and Utilizing Chloris Gas, of whichthe following is a. specification.

The bleaching quslities of chlorin see are well known; but owing to itsintensely (lies green ble odor, the objection s sttentiing its use,

owing to its peculiar action open the human system, and the retainingqualities of the odor its use is necessarily restricted, in scope tobleaching fabrics and the like.

It is the object of the present invention to treatchlorin gas in suchman or that its clenching qualities will be enhanced and thedisagreeable odor eliminated. The invention consists, broadly, intreating chlorin ge s in such manner that the ocjectioneble odor thereofshall be eliminated, its color changed, and its bleaching action.enhanced without resultant injury to the new terials subjected to itsinfluence.

lu the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and inwhich like characters of reference indicate correspond. ing parts, Ihave illustrated two of the many forms of apparatus that may be employedin carrying my invention intoeffect, it being understood that I do notlimit myself specifically to these particuler forms of'opperetus,

and in the drawings-Q Figure 1 illustrates one form of apparatus which Imay use. Fig. 2 is a. detail View of one form of chamber in which thegas is treated in the above-mentioned form of apparatus. Fig. 3 is a.cross-section on line a; :0, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a. cross-section on liney y, Fig; 2.

- Referring to the drawings and to Fig. 1

thereof, A designates the electrolytic oppere-' tus,the same comprisinga four-armed structure, whereof two tubes or arms a a constitute apassage-way for the.gss fig genersted and the other two arms a a thehousing for the electrodes B. The memcers c as shown,

each consist of an inner andouter gloss tube, the inner tube a a of eachmember being extended nearly to the center oi the struc't: whereby theelectrodes will brought soil or otherwise suiteblysrrnnged and connectedto wire a", common to all the electrodes,

this wire being extended outwzird beyond each member to permit ofattachment with the conducting-wires from. the source of elec tricity.The numeral 1 designates s. geuer ntcr for the chlorin gas, and .2 a.tube which.

extends from the generator to the electric sppsrstus. The gene'rstor issupported by it stand 3. A spirit-lennpc may be placed onnected to oneof the tubes 0, end the oppositetube a is connected at 8 to it receiver9 for ccntsining, pulp or other material to be treat ed, ell the -jointsin the apparatus being air and gets tight. A, pump 10 of oily suitableconstruction may be applied to pipell, leading from the receiver.

The electricity may be from any preferred source-in this instance froma. Ruhmlsorfi coil E, to which the terminals are suitably connected.

The generator 1 for the gas may be an ordinary retort, such as commonlyused, into which msnganese dioxid andun aqueous so.- lution ofhydrochloric acid ore introduced, as usual. I

In the form of apparatus shown the space between the inner and outer:'arms' a a constitutes a trap into which any condensed acid mayaccumulate-in the operation of the.(levice, thus preventingcontamination of the purified gas. A 1

The operation of the apparatus described is as follows: llisngsnesedioxid and an nqueone solution of hydrochloric acid are placed in thegenerator, and the stop-cock 7 is then turned to exclude thenir. Thestir is then expelled from all ports of the apparatusviz, the receiver9, the tubes a a and the generator 1. The lemp l may then be lighted andthe gas will be generated. The pump is then put into operation, and thegas is drawn t rough the electric chamber end through .c materiel in thereceiver 9. When the .der snid generator, and a. funnel 5 is con-.-

3, function.

5 and forth at each alternate operation of the pump-plunger. It will beunderstood that just a sufficient quantity of the manganese dioxid andhydrochloric acid is placed in the generator to produce the requiredamount'of gas to nearly fill theapparatus. As a stream of chlorin gaswithout mixture with air passes from the generator back and forththrough the tubes a at every reciprocation of the pump-plunger, everymolecule ofthe gas electric currents or sparks from the electrodes B,and it is to this treatment I attribute the I peculiar change in colorand odor of the gas produced by my apparatusi It is to he noted that thespace between the inner and outer tubes in-the apparatus A iscomparatively small, and t as a result every molecule of gas'receivestreatment in a'confined or restricted space,-the electrodes, however,never coming in direct contact with the vgas, the sparks passing throughthe dielectric material of which the inner tubes are form ed. In Figs.2, 3, and 4 I have shown amodified form of electrolytic apparatus inwhich the electrodes instead of being hunched, as in Fig. 1, areseparately inclosed inglass tubes and hermetically sealed.Anysuitahlenumher ofelectrodes may be used, and they may be arranged invarious ways to perform their.

As shown at the bottom of Fig. 2 \and in Fig. 4-, the electrodes areinthe form' of spiral coils. The single wire of may pass is intimatelysubjected to the action of the through a. cork m, fitted in the top andbot tom of the innertube a", and it is to he nnderstood that thisclosure need not be air,

from a chlorimgenerafor, second, generating gas in said generator,third, d rawiug said gas into an electric chamber, fourth, electrifyingsaid gas in saidehambemand fifth, forcing the treated gas back and forththrough the material to be treated,substantially as described.

2. The art of treating, and utilizing chlorin gas which consists infirst expelling the air from a chlorin-gencrator, from an electricchan1her,-and from a receiver containing, the material to he treated,second,generating sufficient-gas in the generator to partially fill theapparatus; third, drawing the gasthrough the electric chamhor andsulunitting it to the action of-thc electric discharges-and fourth,forcing said treated gas hack and For! h through the material andthrough the elecliric chamber, substantially as described.

in testimony whereof I have hereunto sot hand in presence of two suhscril in; witnesses.

EDWARD PARAMORIC. "Witnesses:

[Myron BALI Wm. H. F. Knuawrnnmn.

